SLC12: The electroneutral cation-Cl cotransporter family

Human Gene

Name

Protein

Name

Aliases

Predominant Substrates

Transport type /Coupling ions *)

Tissue distribution and cellular/ subcellular expression

 

Link to disease #)

Human gene

locus

Sequence

Accession

ID

Splice variants and their specific features

SLC12A1

NKCC2

BSC1

Sodium,

Potassium,

Chloride

C / Na+/K+/2Cl-

Kidney-specific:

apical membrane of the thick ascending limb

G: Bartter syndrome type I

15q21.1

NM_000338

1) Isoforms A, B, F. Differ in ion affinities and exhibit axial expression along TAL.

2) A shorter C-terminal isoform encodes a Na+:Cl- cotransporter.

SLC12A2

NKCC1

BSC2

 

Sodium,

Potassium,

Chloride

C / Na+/K+/2Cl-

Ubiquitous: basolateral membrane of epithelial cells. Also in non-epithelial cells.

None

5q23.3

NM_001046

A shorter C-terminal isoforms due to absence of exon 21.

SLC12A3

NCC

TSC

 

Sodium,

Chloride

C / Na+/Cl-

Kidney-specific: apical membrane of the distal convoluted tubule; bone ?

G: Gitelman’s syndrome

16q13

NM_000339

 

SLC12A4

KCC1

 

Potassium,

Chloride

C / K+/Cl-

Ubiquitous

None

16q22

NM_005072

 

SLC12A5

KCC2

 

Potassium,

Chloride

C / K+/Cl-

Neuron-specific

None

20q13

NM_020708

 

SLC12A6

KCC3

 

Potassium,

Chloride

C / K+/Cl-

Widespread

ACCPN

15q14

NM_005135

 

Two N-terminal variants, generated by different first coding exons

SLC12A7

KCC4

 

Potassium,

Chloride

C / K+/Cl-

Widespread, minimal in brain

 

5p15

NM_006598

 

 

SLC12A8

CCC9

 

Unknown

Unknown

Widespread

 

3q21

NM_024628 

 

SLC12A9

CIP

 

Unknown

Unknown

Widespread

 

7q22

NM_020246

 

*)
C: Cotransporter
E: Exchanger
F: Facilitated transporter
O: Orphan transporter

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A: Acquired defect
G: Genetic defect
P: Pseudogene




References:

Original version of the SLC table:


Hebert SC, Mount DB, Gamba G. Molecular physiology of cation-coupled Cl(-) cotransport: the SLC12 family. Pflugers Arch. 2004 Feb;447(5):580-93.